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Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Woman beats foster son to death over N50

One woman simplyidentified as Iya Anu,a mother of four, whostays at 8, AmosuStreet, Ijegun, Lagos,has been accused ofallegedly beating herfoster son, Seubow, todeath for stealingN50.Iya Anu, it wasreported, usuallyinflicted injuries onSeubow, herhusband's nephewand her childrenwhenever they erred.Trouble started when16-year-old Seubowmisplaced a N1, 000note given to him for an errand on Saturday,neighbors said. This had really annoyed IyaAnu who then starved the teenagerthroughout Saturday. However, whenSeubow could no longer bear the hunger, hesneaked out of the house at night to buy Gala.When Iya Anu found out about this, shebecame furious and accused him of stealingher N50, giving the teenager the beating of hislife.According to a neighbour who identifiedherself simply as Balikis, she said the accusedmust have used a hot object to torture theboy as his body was full of burns. Balikis said,"Iya Anu began to beat him on Saturdaynight. The beating continued till about 9amon Sunday when her husband and the otherchildren had left for church… She batteredhim till he gave up the ghost about noon.When she realised that the boy had lostconsciousness, she cried for help but it wasalready late. At a point, she wanted to runaway but she was promptly rounded up."Another neighbour , Modinatu, said Iya Anu,had in June battered the boy resulting in herbeing invited to the Isheri-Oshun PoliceDivision for questioning. She said, "Seubowjoined them in December 2011 and thiswoman has made life so unbearable for himjust the way she does to her children too. InJune, the boy was battered to the extent thatshe was quizzed by the police… Also, she has,in the name of discipline, used a knife toinjure her first daughter, Anu, on hershoulders over issues bordering onmisdemeanour."